SNL kicks off with Tom Hanks as host and sketches from home amid the coronavirus

That's how Kate McKinnon kicked off NBC's Saturday Night Live, which included sketches that were produced by the SNL cast from their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Saturday Night Live At Home attempted to recreate the feel of a normal episode by having sketches, Chris Martin as a musical guest and Tom Hanks, as host.

Tom Hanks hosts Saturday Night Live from his home. (NBC)

"It's good to be here, but it's also weird to be here hosting Saturday Night Live from home," Hanks, 63, said from what appeared to be his kitchen. "It is a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is SNL's whole thing, so what the heck, let's give it a shot."

Hanks, who was wearing a suit, added that this was the first time he's worn anything other than sweatpants in a month.

"This Saturday Night Live is going to be a little different, for one thing it's been filmed entirely by the SNL cast who are currently quarantined in their homes. Also, there's no such thing as Saturdays anymore," he said. "And we're not really live, but we're doing everything we can to make this feel like the SNL you know and love."

Hanks, who was diagnosed with coronavirus last month, said that he was the celebrity canary in the coal mine when it came to the virus.

"Ever since being diagnosed I have been more like America's dad than ever before since no one wants to be around me very long and I make people uncomfortable," Hanks said.

The Post star — who recently spent time in Australia where he received treatment alongside his wife Rita Wilson for coronavirus — couldn't help but try his hand at an Aussie accent while holding a jar of vegemite during his opening monologue (watch it above). We'll let you be the judge...

Tom Hanks pays tribute to Australia during his monologue for Saturday Night Live At Home edition. (NBC)

SNL also had sketches that included everything from Larry David playing Sen. Bernie Sanders from his home, Pete Davidson singing in his mum's basement, a sketch that made fun of Zoom conferences and Weekend Update: Home Edition with hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che.

The two made jokes about current events before getting an official update on the pandemic from Alec Baldwin's President Donald Trump.

"My approval rating is up, my TV ratings are through the roof and every night at 7 p.m. all of New York claps and cheers for the great job I'm doing," Baldwin as Trump said over the phone.

Baldwin's Trump then said that "we have to listen to the experts on this one" including his senior adviser Jared Kushner, Fox News host Sean Hannity and MyPillow inventor and infomercial star Mike Lindell.